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Middle <strong>School</strong> HOPE 103.2 HOODIE DAY & YEAR 8 SLEEP-OUT Continued... On Friday of Week 7, Year 8 arrived at school for the second time that day but we were not there to do school work, NO... we were going to experience something that thousands of youth experience every night’ we were going homeless. The first thing everyone did was buy some cardboard to sleep on. Some of us made little houses! At 9.30pm, Mrs Morris introduced a game to make us aware of what it would be like not to have enough food or clothes. After this we settled down with our pillows on the floor and watched “The Blind Side” which gave us some insight to what homeless youth have been through. Finally, it was time to rug up outside in our sleeping bags and try to get some sleep. It was a beautiful night with a sky full of stars but it was extremely cold. the girls slept near the Uniform Shop and the playground, the boys slept on the basketball court. Many of the boys stayed up playing cards, chess and Monopoly. The girls mainly chatted and eventually ran out of things to talk about. Some of us made glowstick pictures and many dozed off for a while but it was too cold to sleep for long. At around 5.00 am we were kindly woken up by some very loud birds. Everyone was packed up and eating breakfast by 7.00 am. A soccer ball was kicked around and the sun shone down on us. Overall, the whole night raised awareness of what it is like to be homeless. It was a memorable experience for all of us and hopefully will make us want to make a difference in a homeless youth’s life. Kathryn Pritchard
Middle <strong>School</strong> From these two events (Hoodie Day and the Year 8 Sleep out) students from Years 6, 7 and 8 raised $1050.15 for the Salvation Army’s OASIS foundation. Well done, what a great effort! MINISPRINT COMPETITION AT UNSW On Saturday 3 September, the solar car and boat teams went to the Minisprint Competition at the UNSW quadrangle. The sun shone brightly; a perfect day to race our solarpowered vehicles. The car races were first. Unfortunately for the car Jacob Doyle, Joshua Florence and Thomas Kelly (Yr 7) created, the sun was blocked by the clouds for a moment. They lost the first round and were unable to compete for a place. “Frankenstein”, the car made by Monique Munro, Libby Ollerton, Adrian Loboz-Munos and Josephine Anugerah (Yr 7)came second with a lot of luck, sunshine, technical difficulties and fun. The boat races were next. Anna Sim’s (Yr 7) stunning maroon boat, “Sunseeker” didn’t make it past the first round but I think she should have won a prize for the best looking boat. Hamish Clark and Calvin Zhou’s (Yr 9) boat came 4th. The races were part of the UNSW’s Open Day so we took the chance to look around. We were obsessed with our freebies; red watches, collecting star shaped lollypops, the sundial and much more. The day would not have been possible without the help of Mrs Hack and the Year 12 boys and we thank them very much. We all hope to go again next year. Josephine Anugerah (7L)
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